First & Foremost Asian Weekly in Europe Vol 45 | Issue 20
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17th September to 23rd September 2016 Let noble thoughts come to us from every side
David Cameron quits as MP
Rupanjana Dutta
Former premier David Cameron surprised many, quitting as a Conservative MP after 15 years, saying that he does not want his presence on the Conservative backbenches to serve as a ‘distraction’ to British Prime Minister Theresa May. This came two months after he spent watching Theresa May allegedly purging his allies and tying up key policies. It is rumoured that Mrs May had not spoken to Mr Cameron since she took over as the Prime Minister until he called her to say that he could no longer serve as a backbencher. The 49-year-old former PM had initially said that he was very keen to remain an MP after the UK decided to leave EU, but on Monday he said that he had changed his mind after concluding that he would be ‘a diversion to the
important decisions that lie ahead for my successor’, including on Brexit. Mr Cameron’s decision to stand down as the Witney (Oxfordshire) MP, with immediate effect triggered a by-election in his constituency, and took Westminster by surprise on Monday, 12 September. The Times reported it as an alleged warning to his successor, friends said, that Mr Cameron would Continued on page 6
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Rig Veda enters UK House of Lords with newest British Indian Peer The newest Indian-origin member of the British House of Lords, Jitesh Gadhia, has made history by taking his oath of allegiance to the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth oldest religious scripture II, using the ancient Vedic in continuous use, dating text of the Rig Veda, which back 1500 BC. is considered the world's Continued on page 17
Lucky escape for 'The Tagoreans' as party boat catches fire
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UK Sikhs flay arrest of 55 men protesting inter-faith marriage
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